conservation area six weeks notice

[redmoosefaction]

I know that there is a six week notice for conservation application... but is it six weeks from when you send it in and it has been received by them or when it goes on their system.

 

So if I email it is that the date the email is sent, and of course that is checked by the servers, or is it when they say.

 

I think it's the time that I serve it on them, it's not my fault they can't pull their fingers out in time.

[tommer9]

They always give me an acknowledgement letter with a date that works can be started....

[burrell_]

i got a letter saying the date form when the 6 weeks start and the last one i done i got a letter saying fell the tree after 2 weeks of sending it in

[redmoosefaction]

  tommer9 said:

They always give me an acknowledgement letter with a date that works can be started....

 

But shouldn't it be from when you give them notice. I don't want to waste 2 weeks while it travels from one side of the office to the next!

[slack ma girdle]

~You have to play by their rules. The six weeks start when it appears on their system. However they have to complete within eight weeks to comply current legislation, or you can complain.

[tommer9]

To be fair, i havent noticed much more than a day or two's difference. You can always chase them up too.

[redmoosefaction]

  slack ma girdle said:

~You have to play by their rules. The six weeks start when it appears on their system. However they have to complete within eight weeks to comply current legislation, or you can complain.

 

I think you will find they should play by the rules of the law.. rather than their rules.

 

I almost positive that once they have received it, that's when the clock starts.

 

That's why it's called six week notice.

[redmoosefaction]

Problem being in London we deal with so many councils and they are all so different in how they look at applications, so it really is their fault if take 2-3 weeks to put an application on their system. Some times we also have very strict time restraint to work to.

Edited May 24, 2010 by Amelanchier
Consistency

[tommer9]

You ought to have a confirmation letter within the week of you submitting a plan. If not, chase them up.

[redmoosefaction]

Just picked this up from Canterbury borough council website...

 

You must give the city council 6 weeks notice, in writing, of your intention to do any work to trees in a Conservation Area. You must not carry out any work during the six week period, which starts from the date of receipt of your notification by the council, unless you receive written permission to do so.